Virtual Writing

Go figure, virtual writing, something I am doing right this very instant. I have never really given it much thought until I read chapter 15, but a lot of the points the book makes are very true. When writing on the web, your audience could be anyone, the weird old lady next door, the ex-football player that leaves across town, or Osama Bin Laden hiding in his cave in hell. Anything that you write and publish on the web is free game for anyone with access to the internet. Of course, published writing on paper could be viewed by anyone, but it is a lot more difficult to reach the potential audience by paper than the audience that can view it on the web.
When writing on the web or on paper, you usually have a point you are trying to get across and it requires some thought and work. But when writing on the web, the main difference I can find is the potential audience. When trying to get an important point across, it is very easy to communicate on the web and highlight the message. You can add pictures, send it via email etc, your audience is endless. The important thing one should remember when transferring something that is hand written onto the web is not all handwritten pieces will transfer onto a website exactly the same (parameters etc) and your audience is much bigger. Handwritten material has a much more limited audience than material published on the web.
A great example of the potential audience web published material can reach is sites like facebook and myspace. My dad has someone check all potential employees on facebook and myspace before he will allow them to be hired. He turns down countless applicants based on information he finds on their web profiles.